Safety-razor-blade holder



G. F. HEFFELBOWER 5mm RAZOR BLADE HOLDER Sept. 18, 1928. v 1,684,830

Filed Sept. 10, 1925 WWW ///W// I INVENTOR. Gem ge .T. Hcffclbowc r and arrangements of her when not in use.

UNITED STATES P T 1 ,684,830 ENT OFFICE.

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SAFETY-RAZORIBLADE HOLDER.

Application filed September 10, 1925. Serial no. 55,449.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a safety razor blade holder and has for its ob ect the provision of a device of this class which will structure, economical of manufacture and highly ellicientin use.

be simple 'in Another object of the invention is the pro vision of a safety razorblade blade holding means adapted the blade at opposite ends thereof.

holder having for engaging Another object of the invention'is the'provision of a safety razorblade operating handle having in adapted for receivingthe Another object of holder, of an a bore formed there.

holding memthe invention is the provision of a bifurcated holding member adapted for insertion in av chuck and means for preventing the rotation of the" provided with holder-while in operative position in the chuck."

Other objects will appear hereinafter. The invention consists in the combinations scribed and claimed.

parts hereinafter de- The invention will be best understood from a reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and in which,

vention,

Fig. 3 is an elevationalview of' the holder used in the invention,

Fig. 4: is a plan view of the locking plate used in the invention,

Fig. 5 1s a perspective We w of a guard adapted for use with the invention,

Fig. 6 is a sectional view stantially line 66 of Fig. 1'.

The invention is adapted taken on subprimarily for holding a safety razor blade during a honing or stropping of the same. form, it comprises a handle9, 10 formed therein. vided,

In its preferred having a bore The handle 9 is proat one end, with a reduced portion 11,

having a plurality of longitudinally extend ing slits 12 formed therein, spring chuck on this end of t locking sleeve 13 is adapted fo the holding end of the handle,

to provide a he handle. 7 A r threading on and provided with a tapered portion 14: adapted to engage the taper of the reduced portio ing the member into bindin n 11 for bringg engagement with the holding'member when inserted therein, a threading of the sleeve 13 upon the handle serving to compress the slitted portion 11 of the handle to effect a clamping. The holder comprises a bifurcated member 15, having its doubled-over port-ions provided with interior slightly arcuate or curved surfaces 16 and 17. Theends of these members are flared outwardly to provide the separated surfaces 18 and 19 which terminate in a bevel respectively 20 and 20. The outer surfaces of these bifurcations arealso beveled, as at- The bevel on the inner surface ing 'plate'extends diametrically across'the' bore 10 in the chuck.

In operation, a blade is-inserted between the bifurcations 'of the member 15. The curve on the inner surfaces of these members thereby causes a clamping-of the plate, at its inner end, the blade being free from engagement with the remainder of the bifurcations. After the blade is positioned in the holder, the loose ends of the holding member are inserted into the chuck which the same relatively to each other, so as 'to bring them into engagement with the blade causes a compressing of 22, adjacent its opposite end, the blade between the two points of contactdescribed being substantially free from engagement with the holding member- The sleeve is then threaded into'place, this sleeve having been placed on the handle loosely previous to insertion of the holding member into the chuck. The plate 23 engages between the bifurcations so" as to prevent a turning of the same while the holder is held in the handle. The sleeve 13 is then threaded tightly onto the handle, so as to bring the slit portions of the portion 11 tightly in engagement with the member 15.

ends, and prevented from turning in honing or stropping. In case it is desired to use the holder with a double-edged blade, the doubled over metallic In this way, the blade is securely clamped, at opposite guard 24 may be placed upon the edge which is not being honed or stropped.

'With a razor blade holder of this class, the same may be used with safety to the operator for stropping and honing and the construe the holder is suchthat a razor blade tion of may behoned on a flat surface and $troppe d either on a rigid or a flexible strop. When the device is not in use, the blade holder may he removed andplaced in'th boie (if the handle so that it may be easily carried in thevest pocket of a person, if desii-tl. It will'be noted that the holder 1 5 isnotprovided with an eye but otherwise resembles very closely an ordinarycotter pin which makes this device cheaply and easily constructed. 1 curving of the bars of the holder outwardly with a substantially uniform c irve throughout their length presents the inner surfaces, which are fiat, in the most advantageous form to grasp the ends of the blade when the holder is inserted into the chuck; The normal hole of the chuck is of less diameter than the. diameter determined by the thickness of the bifiircations and the blade inserted between them so thatyas the sleeve Idis thradedqiitp the handle, a tight clampingof the blade takes effect, bringing the clamping of the holder at the separate endso f thejblade This affords a clamping at the separate ends eiiectedby a leverage which has greatpower and strength. y a. Thelocking plate is inscrtedin the slits, as described, with a drive" fit so that it permanently mounted therein once asselfii;

bled. This lockin memberass'nresarig d assemblyof theloc ing bars, or bitiircations,

and diminishes to the maxinrium v lost modevlce When t s turned from side to side in stropping or honing the blade in different directions.

cut away from the inner surfaces of each 0 the blfurcat ons, PM that the chuck engages these bifurcat lons to It is to be noted that a slight amount clamp them together so that the point of engagement o'fthe chuckw ith the biflitCaliibnS is at the thinnest Ors n and any loii nal movement oi this holding mein er is thereby prevented,

While rhsv's illustrated anal deathbed the The as at 25., It is at this prefeired ftirm' oi inyefltioml do not Wish to limit myself to the precise form of structu e shown but desire to avail myself of such valiamasafldmcaifieitibns as come within the scope of the appended claims.

aviii'gtliiis described my invention, what Lelann as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 18 1 1 Asafetyirazor blade holde'r. having a bore t med h rei an m' v d d, a iaeen one end, with a lur'ality of slitsto form a pr ng chu k; t l ki m mb r un apairof diametrically opposite slits and extending across said bore and a blade holder, comprising a pair of doubled-over members adapted for ins rtion into said slitted end an .imiv ra d ng a d ldcking. m m et; and means for clamping said slitted end into em with sa d ho derf; a slee t se dfio s d l t e e w tnesses a re nfl ws s 6 tion with said holder, said hol er being d ted ,f th l i tion betw e i d ubled over portion 0 a safety razor blade, said holder npon insertion of said bore straddlingisaid ambit late.

In testimony w ereof, have signed foregoing specification.

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